by simpleDesigns | Mar 26, 2008 | Cycling
Last week, I started working part time for an old employer, Penn Cycle. They are opening a new store (#7) in Blaine, and I offered to help with the setup and sales until they get tired of me. It’s hard to imagine that it has been 11 years since I first walked...
by simpleDesigns | Mar 13, 2008 | Cycling
The founder of Trek Bicycles, Richard “Dick” Burke, died Monday at age 73 from complications after heart surgery. Burke started Trek in 1976 and saw it become one of cycling’s all-time success stories, helped in no small part by Trek being the bike...
by simpleDesigns | Mar 9, 2008 | Cycling
I signed up for Bicycle Tour of Colorado a couple of weeks ago but I’m not sure I could ride 50 flat miles, so I decided to start riding again with some regularity. Rode about 45 last weekend and paid dearly, so kept it under 30 miles today. The streets were...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 25, 2008 | Birding, Cycling, Friends, Travel, Vacation
We got back from a wonderful week in California and Nevada. Wine tasting in Napa, Stage 2 finish of the Tour of California in Sacramento and a couple of days in Vegas were the reasons for the trip, and there were several additions that made the trip magical. I was...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 14, 2008 | Cycling
Sunday starts the 2008 racing season, at least in this country. I didn’t count the races in Tour Down Under nor the Tour of Qatar (won by Tom Boonen). Pretty soon, there won’t be an off-season, just winter trips to warmer climates. And if you count cycle...
by simpleDesigns | Feb 1, 2008 | Cycling
I have been seriously thinking about building up a new bike…something in red maybe. Seriously, I need a urban/fenders/low maintenance/commuter/fun/cross/single?/ bike for riding between now and April when the roads are finally bike friendly again. I’ll...
